You all will have to forgive me if I am posting this in the wrong place or if I use incorrect terminology. I know nothing about this forum because Im not applying to Medical School. However, my wife is.
And, she is freaking out that she wont get accepted anywhere. I am trying to reassure her, but wanted to see if any of you can tell me if I should be preparing her to deal with rejection or if I should be telling her that she will get in everywhere. (Full disclosure: I think she is AMAZING and SHOULD get in everywhere, but I guess Im not on an admissions committee. :-P )
So, heres her story:
She is a non-traditional student. She graduated from a good college University of Virginia with a 3.68 GPA and a degree in History. She then decided to go to Med School, so did a post-bacc and got a 3.88 science GPA (4.0 in the post-bacc program). She earned a 36 on the MCAT 12 on each section - (which I hear is really great!).
She has been working at a restaurant while in her post-bacc, but has also done research at a hospital for about a year (about 8 hrs/week) and worked at a free medical clinic for about 2 years (also about 8 hrs/week).
Shes half Hispanic; I dont know if that really has any effect on admissions.
Also shes has most of her secondaries in. But, she is worried because she didnt submit them early and thought that would hurt her chances. Is this true?
Heres the problem: my job limits the cities that we can consider. So, she is applying to a lot of highly-competitive schools. Here is her list:
U. Penn
U. of Chicago
Stanford
UC San Diego
US San Francisco
Dartmouth
Case Western
Northwestern
Boston University
Tufts
Mayo
UCLA
UNC Chapel Hill
Tulane
University of Connecticut
University of Texas Galveston
UC Irving
UC Davis
Penn State
University of Miami
University of Buffalo
Albany Medical College
Florida International University
Medical College of Georgia
Texas Tech
Drexel University
I really appreciate any feedback on this! I am trying to be as good of a husband as I can but I know NOTHING about this process. All the information that I get is through my wife and she is the eternal pessimist. Most days she is convinced that she should just give up and I try to encourage her, but dont really know what her chances look like! I am just looking for some good, honest feedback. Thank you so much!
And, she is freaking out that she wont get accepted anywhere. I am trying to reassure her, but wanted to see if any of you can tell me if I should be preparing her to deal with rejection or if I should be telling her that she will get in everywhere. (Full disclosure: I think she is AMAZING and SHOULD get in everywhere, but I guess Im not on an admissions committee. :-P )
So, heres her story:
She is a non-traditional student. She graduated from a good college University of Virginia with a 3.68 GPA and a degree in History. She then decided to go to Med School, so did a post-bacc and got a 3.88 science GPA (4.0 in the post-bacc program). She earned a 36 on the MCAT 12 on each section - (which I hear is really great!).
She has been working at a restaurant while in her post-bacc, but has also done research at a hospital for about a year (about 8 hrs/week) and worked at a free medical clinic for about 2 years (also about 8 hrs/week).
Shes half Hispanic; I dont know if that really has any effect on admissions.
Also shes has most of her secondaries in. But, she is worried because she didnt submit them early and thought that would hurt her chances. Is this true?
Heres the problem: my job limits the cities that we can consider. So, she is applying to a lot of highly-competitive schools. Here is her list:
U. Penn
U. of Chicago
Stanford
UC San Diego
US San Francisco
Dartmouth
Case Western
Northwestern
Boston University
Tufts
Mayo
UCLA
UNC Chapel Hill
Tulane
University of Connecticut
University of Texas Galveston
UC Irving
UC Davis
Penn State
University of Miami
University of Buffalo
Albany Medical College
Florida International University
Medical College of Georgia
Texas Tech
Drexel University
I really appreciate any feedback on this! I am trying to be as good of a husband as I can but I know NOTHING about this process. All the information that I get is through my wife and she is the eternal pessimist. Most days she is convinced that she should just give up and I try to encourage her, but dont really know what her chances look like! I am just looking for some good, honest feedback. Thank you so much!